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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE:AMD) is making chips for Fujitsu’s new tablet

On Monday, Advanced
Micro Devices, Inc.(NYSE:AMD) made its entry into the world of mobile phones
and tablets, by announcing the collaboration with Fujitsu. The company has made
an APU for the new Stylistic Q572 tablet, which has been made by Fujitsu. The
new tablet is to run on the Windows operating system. The new accelerated
processing unit by AMD for Fujitsu, called the Z-60, marks the company’s foray
into mobile devices. This is a very important development for the chip-makers,
because PCs have been dwindling, and their sales are not very good. The shift
to mobile devices, which are light and portable, has taken a toll on AMD, and
how their change to the mobile industry is received, will determine their
future.

It’s a good win for
AMD, and the chip, which was formerly named “Hondo” as code-name is going to
get be used by the Fujitsu, which is indeed, good news for AMD. The tablet,
Q572 weighs 1.6 pounds, and has a 10.1 inch screen. It has some very good
features such as embedded TPM, a Smart Card Reader, which is integrated, it has
a removable battery, fingerprint sensors, and good security features and repair
options. Both Fujitsu and AMD have put specific features on the tablet which is
sure to get the IT crowd asking for it. This is also the reason why Window Slate
was introduced to the tablet. The Q572
also has the ability to accommodate digital pen input, anti-glare IPS screen.
The resolution on the screen is 1366-by-768, and it has two cameras—at the
front and at the back.

Fujitsu is the first
mobile device customer for AMD, the new Z-60 was announced a few weeks ago, and
it has some very good features in it. It has graphic technology which is
Radeon-branded. The central processing is x86-based, and it is a 1 GHz
supporting APU. The Z-60, according to AMD, has been made specifically for
tablets which are performance based, and which willrunon the Windows operating
systems. While Fujitsu understands the market demands, AMD makes sure that it
delivers chips in accordance with these demands.